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ASA FARMER, OF LINN GREEK, MISSOURI.

FOLDING COOP OR CRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13, 1909.

Patented Aug. 8, 1909.

Serial No. 483,213.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASA FARMER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Linn Creek, in the county of Camden and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Folding Coops or Crates, ofwhich the following is a specification. The invention relates to animprovement 1n folding coops or crates, and is particularly directed toa collapsible structure of this character which may be readily arrangedand secured in open or collapsed condition.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a foldingcoop in which the sections are arranged for hinged connection andadapted to be secured in open position by a tie rod, the tie rod beingalso utilized for maintaining the parts in folded or collapsedcondition.

The invention will be described in the following specification,reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a top plan of the coop in open position. Fig. 2 is a similarview with the parts in folded position. Fig. 3 is a vertical section ofthe coop with the parts in open position. Fig. d is a similar view withthe parts in folded position. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5--5 of F ig.3.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, my improved coop includes abottom 1, sides 2, ends 8, and top 4:, the respective ends beingduplicates, as are also the sides. All of the parts are preferably ofslatted or openworlr construction and wood or any other desired materialmay be used. The ends 3 are hinged at their lower edges, as at at, tothe end edges of the bottom 1, and the sides 2 are hinged at 5 to thebottom, or more properly speaking to the strips 6 which are securedadjacent the side edges of the bottom. lVith this arrangement the sidesare hinged in a plane above the hinged connection of the bottom, so thatwhen the parts are folded the sides may overlie the ends without strainupon the connections. The upright cleats 7 of the ends are provided neartheir upper ends with eyes 8, so that the eyes of a particular end arein alinement transverse the coop. The top 4: is provided at appropriatepoints with depending eyes 9, which, when the top is in position on theupturned sides and ends, will dispose said eyes in alinement with eachother and in alinement with the eyes 8 on the ends.

A tie bolt 10 is designed to pass through the side walls 2, the eyes 8of the end walls and the eyes 9 of the bottom, each of the tie boltsbeing headed at one end and threaded at the opposing end to receive anut beyond the end wall. It is to be understood that the two tie boltsone at each end will thus operate to hold the coop sections in open orcoopforming position, locking the sides, ends, and top securelytogether. A brace strip 10 is secured beneath the bottom, having endextensions which project upwardly from the bottom and form stops orguards for limits ing the upward movement of the sides when arrangingthe same in coop-forming position. The guard ends 11 of the brace stripare of such height as to extend slightly above the upper surface of thetop when all of the parts have been arranged in folded position, as willbe presently described, and the guard sections are formed near theirupper free ends with openings of a size to receive the tie bolts 10.

In arranging the coop in folded position the ends 3 are turned down uponthe bottom, the sides turned down upon the ends and the top placed uponthe downturned sides, said top, however, being inverted so that the eyes9 thereof extend upwardly. The brace strips 10 and the openings are soformed in the guard sections 11 thereof that when the parts are infolded positions, as described, the eyes 9 on the bottom will be alinedwith the openings in the respective guard sections of each tie strip.The tie bolts 10 are then passed through the opening in the guardsections and the eyes 9 of the bottom thus secure the parts in foldedposition.

If desired the coop may be centrally divided by a partition 12 slidablyinserted between guide cleats formed onthe side walls of the coop atappropriate points. It is to be understood that the coop may beconstructed of any material and in any size desired.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new, is

A coop comprising a bottom, end sections movably connected with thebottom, side sections connected with the bottom, a top adapted to restupon the end and side sections, each of said end sections and the topbeing provided with eye members, tie bolts engaging the sides and theeye members of the adjacent end section and top, and brace stripssecured to the bottom and formed with openings to aline with the eyesin. the top when the latter is inverted upon the coop sections in foldedpositions whereby to provide for the use of the tie bolts in securingthe parts in folded positions.

ASA FARMER.

Witnesses:

HENRY ARNHOLD, JOHN FARMER.

